xv, 141 pages ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-141)

Introduction. Serious. Abdelazer, or, the Moor's revenge / Aphra Behn -- Adventure of five hours / Sir Samuel Tuke -- The adventures of five hours / Sir Samuel Tuke -- All mistaken / James Howard -- The changeling / Thomas Middleton and William Rowley -- The constant couple / George Farquhar -- The constant couple / George Farquhar -- The destruction of Jerusalem, Part 1 / John Crowne -- The destruction of Jerusalem, Part 1 / John Crowne -- Don Sebastian / John Dryden -- The example / James Shirley -- The fair penitent / Nicholas Rowe -- Fatal curiousity / George Lillo -- Gallathea / John Lyly -- The guardian / Abraham Cowley -- King Henry V, or the conquest of France / Aaron Hill -- King Henry V, or the conquest of France / Aaron Hill -- The libertine / Thomas Shadwell -- The London merchant / George Lillo -- The lost lady / William Barclay -- The mourning bride / William Congreve -- A new way to pay old debts / Philip Massinger -- Perkin warbeck / John Ford -- The rebellion / Thomas Rawlins -- The relapse / Sir John Vanbrugh -- The rover / Aphra Behn -- The rover / Aphra Behn -- The sack of Rome / Mercy Otis Warren -- The sack of Rome / Mercy Otis Warren -- The sack of Rome / Mercy Otis Warren -- She would and she would not / Colley Cibber -- Tis pity she's a whore / John Ford -- The two noble kinsmen / William Shakespeare and John Fletcher / The two nobel kinsmen / William Shakespeare and John Fletcher -- The white devil / John Webster -- The witch of Edmonton / John Dekker -- Comic. All mistaken / James Howard -- All mistaken / James Howard -- The beaux stratagem / George Farquhar -- The country wife / William Wycherly -- The double dealer / William Congreve -- The distress'd wife / John Gay -- The Dutch courtesan / John Marston -- The Dutch courtesan / John Marston -- The Dutch courtesan / John Marston -- Hyde park / James Shirley -- I'll tell you what / Elizabeth Inchbald -- Madam fickle / Thomas Durfey -- The man of mode / George Etherege -- The obstinate lady / Sir Aston Cokain -- Polly honeycombe / George Colman -- The provoked wife / Sir John Vanbrugh -- The rivals / Richard Brinsley Sheridan -- The rivals / Richard Brinsley Sheridan -- The rivals / Richard Brinsley Sheridan -- The rover / Aphra Behn -- Three weeks after marriage / Samuel Foote -- The way to keep him / Arthur Murphy -- The way to keep him / Arthur Murphy -- The way of the world / William Congreve -- Serio-comic. The conscious lovers / Richard Steele -- The constant couple / George Farquhar -- The constrast / Royall Tyler -- Cutter of Coleman street / Abraham Cowley -- Fatal curiosity / George Lillo -- Fatal curiosity / George Lillo -- Love tricks / James Shirley -- The maid's revenge / James Shirley -- The new inn / Ben Jonson -- The obstinate lady / Sir Aston Cokain -- The obstinate lady / Sir Aston Cokain -- The obstinate lady / Sir Aston Cokain -- The projectors / John Wilson -- The roaring girl / Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton -- The roaring girl / Thomas Middleton -- The silent woman, or epicoene / Ben Jonson

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